Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4, officially titled Override, releases on Thursday, August 20 after a maintenance window, Polygon reported. The season is built around video game collaborations, with Sonic the Hedgehog, Crash Bandicoot and Mega Man joining Jonesy and Peely in the roster and famous locations from their games appearing as points of interest on the map.
Chapter 7 Season 3 was expected to go down for maintenance at around 2am EDT on August 20, a window Polygon credited to content creator NickEh30, with the new season expected to go live around 6am EDT according to leakers on X.
Expected downtime by time zone
- 11pm PDT on Wednesday, August 19 for the west coast of North America
- 2am EDT on Thursday, August 20 for the east coast of North America
- 3am BRT for Brazil
- 7am BST for the United Kingdom
- 8am CEST for western Europe
- 3pm JST for Japan
- 4pm AEST for the east coast of Australia
Expected go-live by time zone
- 3am PDT for the west coast of North America
- 6am EDT for the east coast of North America
- 7am BRT for Brazil
- 11am BST for the United Kingdom
- 12pm CEST for western Europe
- 7pm JST for Japan
- 8pm AEST for the east coast of Australia
What Override brings
Beyond the three headline characters, the crossover list runs to Sora from Kingdom Hearts, Joker from Persona 5 and even a Tetris block. Some arrive through the battle pass, Sonic among them, while others are expected to be shop purchases only. Franchise locations follow the characters, including Green Hill Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog.
Sprites also return, but the sprites players extracted during Chapter 7 Season 3 will not be usable for the time being. New sprites take their place, some of them recognisable characters in their own right: Miles “Tails” Prower joins as a sprite that grants the ability to glide in the air.
Players chasing the John Wick outfit were advised to bank as much experience as possible before the servers went down, since progress on the outgoing season ends with the downtime.
